Centuries old fishing method survives in False Bay: In the 1970s there were dozens of trek fishing crews. Today, there are only four left.
Source: GroundUp News.
Families demand speed bumps after car crashes into house: Pietermaritzburg road has been the scene of many accidents
Source: GroundUp News.
Seven years after renovations started, school still incomplete: “Usually when it rains I have to stand for the rest of the period because my spot leaks” says learner
Source: GroundUp News.
Taps ran dry over a decade ago in North West Village: Villagers have depended on buying water from private tankers and people with wells
Source: GroundUp News.
Metrorail comes to grinding halt because of unpaid electricity bill: PRASA owed ESKOM R4 million and was 34 days overdue
Source: GroundUp News.
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